Sennheiser Momentum impressions thread - Page 7

Well I guess I've seen too many people say the Momentum has too much bass. I don't even listen to electronic and dance music. It kind of annoys me that BASS is such a trend now a days. I'm probably going to just not have a portable headphone and save the money. Except it would be nice if I could find SOMETHING.

[...] Momentum just too heavy going with most genres other than electronica, where they excel. [...]

I am very much into electronica (especially Trance and o'good Electro). I do like how my Momentums sound with electronic music when I have them connected to N900 or laptop, but this is where I would say my liking ends. When I use nad + denon dac/amp combo there electronic music sound like live only in HD215, and Momenums are really far from that experience. But this i my own opinion

Well I guess I've seen too many people say the Momentum has too much bass. I don't even listen to electronic and dance music. It kind of annoys me that BASS is such a trend now a days. I'm probably going to just not have a portable headphone and save the money. Except it would be nice if I could find SOMETHING.

Without trying to derail the thread too much, but I have to ask what problems are you having with the Amperior? I think part of my problem with the Momentum is that I use the AKG Q701 as my reference cans for classical and acoustic, and the Momentum is the complete antithesis of the Q701. I find the HD25 to be a far closer match for portable use, but with added fun factor which works with pretty much all genres.

I don't think there is such a thing as the perfect portable closed back, even at the price point of 3-400 bucks. Everybody has different preferences, and at the end of the day you have to use your ears to listen and decide which of the upper market portables you can enjoy and live with.

Without trying to derail the thread too much, but I have to ask what problems are you having with the Amperior? I think part of my problem with the Momentum is that I use the AKG Q701 as my reference cans for classical and acoustic, and the Momentum is the complete antithesis of the Q701. I find the HD25 to be a far closer match for portable use, but with added fun factor which works with pretty much all genres.

I don't think there is such a thing as the perfect portable closed back, even at the price point of 3-400 bucks. Everybody has different preferences, and at the end of the day you have to use your ears to listen and decide which of the upper market portables you can enjoy and live with.

After demoing the Momentum for about 30 minutes at Best Buy, I fell in love with the sound and bought a pair. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes, comfort became an issue and I had to return them. The ear cups are too small for my averaged-sized ears and I found myself constantly readjusting them to relieve pressure points.

I really wish companies would treat comfort as seriously as sound quality, because good sound is not worth pain and discomfort. There are very few headphones that get comfort right.

Really? I have big ears, and with a bit of shuffling, I got through the bulk of a 15hr flight with them on - no comfort issues at all..

I am very much into electronica (especially Trance and o'good Electro). I do like how my Momentums sound with electronic music when I have them connected to N900 or laptop, but this is where I would say my liking ends. When I use nad + denon dac/amp combo there electronic music sound like live only in HD215, and Momenums are really far from that experience. But this i my own opinion

There is no such thing as a (unique) sound like "live electronic music", since electronic instruments require amplification and loudspeakers.

If you mean what you hear in a concert, it totally depends on the venue, it's equipment and electronics and whatever the sound engineers and/or the artist(s) wanted to do. Add to this your placement on the venue and the raw SPL which will affect your perception of the sound. I've never been to two concerts that sounded the same.

I do realise what you mean, though, and I do agree that the HD215 sounds like the sound at a crappy electronic music concert, with ear-raping SPL and treble.

Well alright! These headphones are really nice! I don't feel any worry about returning them, there's just nothing wrong with them! I think I'm officially happy with this purchase. Unless start to feel soreness in my ears like I did with the amperiors, which isn't happening after about an hour of wearing them, which is a lot longer than my ears lasted than with the amperior.